A photo of an almost unrecognizable 15-year-old Natalee Cramer shows her sitting in the back of an Oklahoma City police car in April of 2022, nearly two weeks after she disappeared from the American Airlines Center during a Mavericks game.

Cramer said she vividly remembers the day the photo was taken. An Oklahoma City police officer had found and rescued her after she said she had prayed and begged God for help.

“I had braces at the time, and I was punched in the mouth by one of the guys,” Cramer said of the picture. “My whole cheek was just scratched. My braces were like inside my cheek.”

In the photo, her shoes were off, sitting on the seat next to her.

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